Willie Crawford's Marketing Insights: July 2005 Archives

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July 31, 2005

Free Teleseminar - "How To Create An Information Product In Under A Day That Can Make You $100000 Per Year... or More!"

Free Teleseminar - "How To Create An Information Product In
Under A Day That Can Make You $100000 Per Year... or More!"

I just wanted to take a second to tell you about a free
tele-seminar that I'm conducting Wednesday night, August 3rd.

The teleseminar is entitled,

"How To Create An Information Product In Under A Day That Can
Make You $100000 Per Year... or More!"

It's a free tele-seminar, but I expect the lines to fill
up fast. Register now at:

http://therealsecrets.com/100000PerYear.html

Also, while I have your attention, I wanted to ask your
help with something. We're trying to "ramp up" our discussion
forum at http://WillieCrawford.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi
If you get a chance why not drop by and join the marketing
discussion there.

Thanks,
Willie Crawford

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Which Is Better, Building A Large List Or Generating LOTS of Targeted Traffic?

I just wanted to tell you about my friend, Jimmy D. Brown's answer to that question.

Jimmy D. Brown

If you could choose between these two, which would you
most like to have beginning today...

* A huge list of hungry subscribers, or
* A flood of eager beaver visitors to your site?

Tough decision, huh?

After all, both are VERY important when it comes to
the success of your Internet business. It's hard
to imagine making it big without either of them.

So, which would you choose to have starting now?

What if you could have BOTH?!

Jimmy D. Brown has just released a set of videos
teaching you exactly how to grow and profit from
opt-in lists and web site traffic.

The shocking part is this: he's basically giving
them away for only $10.00.

(No, that's not a typo - and it's not a "down
payment" either ... the videos are only ten bucks!)

He hasn't told me for certain, but I'm guessing
that he'll probably limit the number of memberships
on this offer like he did for Nicheology.

Nicheology sold out in about 3 days, so don't take
any chances. Drop what you're doing and download
these videos to SEE how you can build large mailing
lists and drive visitors to your web site.

http://www.ListAndTraffic.com

I've gone throught these videos TWICE, taking notes.
If you look closely at some of my sites, you'll even
see where I've implemented some of Jimmy's ideas.

P.S. In case you're wondering, Jimmy's content
is "cutting edge" stuff. It isn't rehashed like
most of the junk you see these days. The videos
are fresh, original ideas for building huge lists
and driving a flood of traffic to your site that
you simply won't find anywhere else.

Jimmy really knows his stuff. I'm expecting to pick
his brain the next time that I see him... which should
be at Jack Humphrey's seminar in New Orleans. This
should be a lot of fun too :-)

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I Love This Page

I had to post this banner because I love the page that it takes you to. See if you can figure out why :-)

Willie

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July 30, 2005

Recent Search Shakeup At Yahoo!

Yahoo recently shook up things in it's database. You can keep up with what's going on in the Yahoo search engine at their blog:
http://www.ysearchblog.com

This is from their site:

Third Weather Report: Yahoo! Launched New Search Index Last Night
We made changes to the index last night so you should be seeing more of your pages in the index as well as some fluctuations in the rankings of results from previous searches. The changes will be a little more intense than the second weather report and changes will continue over the next week or two.

Willie

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Meet Willie Crawford at Frank Garon's Seminar In London, England, Septmeber 17th - 18th, 2005

Frank Garon is putting on an incredible seminar in London, that I'm speaking at September 17th- 18th, 2005. The quality and content Frank packs into his seminars is proven by the fact that many of the attendees ALREADY signed up for this seminar are REPEAT attendees. They attended other seminar Frank recently conducted in the UK.

I don't want to hype this event up because it doesn't need it. If you're in the UK or any of Europe, you need to make this event!

Get complete details and register today here!

Willie

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Party Like A Rock Star

My friend Mike Filsaime is co-sponsoring a seminar in September that I encourage you to check it out. I'll be speaking at a seminar in London, England that weekend or I'd be at this event!

Here's a description:

THE INTERNET MARKETING MAIN EVENT
September 16 - 18th,2005, Phoenix,Arizona

Speakers are: Mark Joyner, Michel Fortin, Gary Ambrose, Nathan Anderson, Alan Bechtold, Carl Galletti, Craig Perrine, Dr. Mike Woo Ming, Russell Brunson, Mike Filsaime, Paulie Sabol,
and Shawn Casey

Topics covered include:
List Building and Email Marketing
Copy Writing
Traffic Generation Secrets
SEO Secrets
Joint Venture Marketing
Affiliate Marketing
Teleseminar Marketing
Viral Marketing
Membership Site Marketing
AdWords and Adsense
Product Creation
Multimedia Audio and Video
Target Niche Marketing
Public Domains
and much, much, more...

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DON'T Miss This Seminar In New Orleans, I'll Be Looking For YOU There!

My friends Jack Humphrey is hosting a seminar in New Orleans that I encourage you to attend ABOVE ALL OTHERS. The reason I say that is because the Internet is all about information... content. Jack's seminar will feature people making $80,000... even $100,000 A MONTH in niche markets that most Internet marketers never think of.

These guys build sites that make this kind of money from Google AdSense, lead generation of selling products... among other things. They'll tell you how.

I'm not speaking at this event because I'll be in a learning mode... I'll be taking notes, cornering people in the hallways or over dinner and picking their brains! I was offered a chance to speak and I turned it down because this is not my real area of expertise. I'm good at it, but some of these guys are my HEROS.

I'd rather focus on learning than speaking :-)

If you really want to know how to make big money from niche websites, then you need to be at this event. My wife and I will be there... learning.

Go ahead and sign up now and then make your hotel reservations. The rates at the hotel go up soon!

I'll see you there!

Willie

Oh, and book your flights and rental car here. You'll find
the lowest rates ;-)

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Have you had your "Spark" today?

Here's a nice article by Michael Worthing that shows people really
do benefit from the stuff that I teach AND the importance of
ACTING UPON what is passed along to you...

Have you had your "Spark" today?
by Michael Worthington
____________________________________________
copyright michael worthington, all rights reserved
You are permitted to use this article in your
ezine or marketing materials as long as you leave
it intact including the resource box at the end.
____________________________________________

Have you ever tried so hard to figure something out
and no matter how much you study, and think, the
solution just refused to come?

Maybe you've spent days, or months, or even years
trying to come up with the answer to a question
without success.

Then, one day, without warning, you read a statement
by somebody, or hear a word that "sparks" your mind
and gives you the answer you've been looking for
all this time.

I've experienced this on several occasions but the
most significant breakthrough I want to relate to you
is when I finally began to "get" this thing called
internet marketing.

I have read everything I can get my hands on about
marketing by everyone in the business it seems.

For over two years I beat my head against the wall
trying to learn how to make sales and build a list.

It was a chance comment by Willie Crawford on one
of his Saturday Morning Brainstorming and Networking
Calls that finally put everything in perspective
and gave me the jump start I needed to finally get
everything going.

Willie mentioned using a service called "Ask Database"
to survey people to find out what they are most
interested in. Then he just finds the product or
creates it and sells it to them.

Bells rang in my head and the light bulb finally lit
up!

I signed up for the 21 day trial of Ask Database for
$1 and posted a survey on the "Warrior's" forum and
Anthony Blake's forum asking people what's their
number one most burning question about resale rights
products.

After I had collected around 200 responses, I took the
top ten questions and answered them in a report that I
called "Resale Rights Answers".

I bought the domain "ResaleRightsAnswers.com and
threw up a one page sales site and posted the report
on the "Warrior's" forum as a "Warrior's Special Offer"
at a reduced price without any bonuses.

I just wanted to see if it would sell.

Jackpot!!

I made 29 sales over the three days I ran the special!

That may not sound like a lot, but consider I have been
fighting this business for over 2 years and have only
made a few sales of affiliate products up to this point.

This was "My Product"! Something I had created! I was
in hog heaven!

Well, I had another problem now.

With no list, and no reputation, hence no JV partners, I
didn't have the means to properly promote this product.

So, I turned to the Warriors again.

This time I offered Private Label Rights to the report
for a significantly higher price.

More success! This time the report was bought by some
pretty heavy hitters in the marketing field. A couple
of them even put my name in their finished product as
a contributing author.

This has put me on the marketing "map", as it were,
and now when I come out with a new product, I have
a group of people that want to know immediately.

I'm still not a millionaire by any means, but I have my
start, and if the Lord lets me live, I will be a
millionaire one day.

All because of a chance comment that struck a "spark"
that set off a chain of events that has allowed me to
market several of my own original products since then.

No matter how long you have been trying to learn
marketing,and no matter how many setbacks you have
encountered, don't give up!

Take every opportunity to mingle with and talk to
successful people because you never know when you'll
catch that "Spark" that will ignite your own creative
process and put you on the road to success!

It only takes a "spark" to light a fire that will burn for
years! Always be on the lookout for yours.

______________________________________________

Michael Worthington is the owner of the soon to be released
Video-How-To.com, a website dedicated to showing new marketers
all aspects of marketing through videos including website building,
graphics, installing scripts, adding audio and video to sites, etc.
http://www.Video-How-To.com

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July 29, 2005

A Free Trial Copy Of The IMC Course

I just wanted to pass along the details of a special offer
the Internet Marketing Center is currently running. It's a
product I have and recommend. Here are the details...

I'm handing out trial copies of the "Accelerated Internet
Wealth Videoseries", and I'd like you to have one!
Let me explain...

I'm thinking of offering this set of wealth-building
videos -- where Derek Gehl and his team reveal *exactly* how
they grew $25 into $40 Million in online sales -- to all of
my customers...

... but first I want to make sure that other people can
duplicate the incredible results I got with my *own* online
business from watching them!

So here's what will happen:

1. You'll receive -- by courier -- a package containing 9 DVDs
or video tapes that lay out *in detail* the exact strategies
they've been using to earn $40,000,000 online.

2. Spend 30 days watching these live demos of their most
successful test results and case studies, and profiting
from as many of the hundreds of wealth-building strategies
as you can.

At the end of 30 days, you choose...

If you're convinced that you'll be able to make hundreds of
times more money than your competitors by using this
information, you can keep the videos!

Otherwise, just send them back.

These are the techniques Derek and his team have been using
to make $20,821 a DAY online, and they've NEVER shared them
publicly before!

You'll discover how to guarantee all your e-mail gets delivered
(and not accidentally deleted as spam)... how anyone can turn
an idea into a profitable web site with almost no up-front
cash in less than a month... how they made $2,031,959 last
year using just ONE "forgotten" marketing technique... and
much more!

But you need to move fast...

Derek is limiting the number of people who sign up, in order
to make sure there are enough trial copies for everyone!

So I'd like to encourage you to follow this link right away:

http://www.marketingtips.com/t.cgi/25861/trialseries

Good luck with the trial. The information in these videos
helped me -- and I *know* it'll help you, too!

Willie

P.S. Don't underestimate the value of the information in this
trial. Just ONE of the secrets cost Derek and his team over
2 years to learn, and cost them $100,000 in research and
expenses!

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Neat Place To Buy And Sell Websites - Or Just Browse The Listings :-)

This site is one of two written up in this months private membership site Secrets of Their Success. I was featured about 2 years ago :-)

I'm a subscriber to Secrets of Their Success. Here's the description of the site:

Nelson Bates, who got his start in e-business when he
was a 19-year-old college student, selling an eBook he
co-wrote with his dad. Now he's the owner/operator of
BuySellWebsite.com, a busy web site marketplace where
prospective web site owners can browse listings of sites
for sale. He's taking in $120,000 a year -- $100,000 of
which is profit!

Here's the site. It's educational just to browse the listings :-)

Would you like to Sell Your Website?

If you are having a hard time finding a trustworthy marketplace to sell your website, you are not alone. There are literally hundreds of small businesses competing for your listing and only a handful can deliver what they promise.

The best place to sell your website is an established website marketplace where you can reach thousands of buyers every month. It will also have high rankings with search engines under keywords for both buying and selling internet businesses to get the greatest possible reach.

Also, check the websites traffic ranking at www.alexa.com and if its not in the top 100,000 the website probably isnt getting enough traffic for your ad to be seen by enough buyers.

There is no question of where the best place to sell your website is.

Click here to be taken to the #1 most visited Website For Sale Marketplace BuySellWebsite.com

Willie

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More Cookbook Competition - From Mars??

Many of you who know me know that one of my earliest and still very profitable products was a simple, "soul food" cookbook. I sell that at http://Chitterlings.com

It's doing well enough that we're both in the middle of a BIG printing, and a revision, where I'm adding a lot more pictures.

Anyway, Jeff Smith, over on his blog, points out a project where someone is putting together a cookbook of recipes from Mars. The concept is to actually create a series of cookbooks... sort of like the Chicken Soup For The Soul series.

Anyway, check out Jeff's blog, and the story. Maybe Mars will open up another whole new market for me :-)

This may also be a project you could piggyback on ;-)

Willie

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Build Power Relationships

An article by my friend Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler. Check out her site today!

Build Power Relationships
By Dr Jill Ammon-Wexler
Executive Advisor
© 2005 All Rights Reserved.

All healthy relationship include some levels of trust and respect. But power relationships are a breed apart. Power relationships are based on especially deep levels of mutual respect and trust - plus the ultimate personality power tool -- authenticity. Here are some tools to help you create the deep levels of authenticity found in power relationships.

Power Tool 1. Relaxation
The more comfortable you are around others, the more comfortable they will feel around you. It a natural human response to pull away from someone who appears nervous or uneasy. The best way to immediately build communication rapport is to smile and relax your body (and especially your face).

This may seem simple, but is very important. A genuine smile presents an open door to communication.

Power Tool 2. Power Listening
Effective communication is far more than just talking - the real key is effective listening. Power communicators focus on what the other person is saying, rather than worrying on how they will respond.

If you have trouble communicating clearly with others, you may want to try the following communication power tool: Mirror their thoughts back to them, and ask them if you properly understood what they said. The simplest way to do is is to paraphrase what they just said to you, and ask them if you properly understood what they meant.

Another good power tool is this: As the other person speaks, pay close attention to their expressions and body language. Try to pick up the deeper emotions revealed by their speech patterns. This is the essence of one especially powerful personal empowerment tool known as NLP (neuro linguistic programming).

Power Tool 3. Provide Recognition
Words either strengthen or weaken trust. It is not always possible to consider the impact of your emotions and words before you speak. In a tough emotion-packed situation, sometimes the best response is to hold your response for a few seconds (or minutes, if possible).

One often overlooked, but extremely valuable power tool is the compliment. People are hungry for recognition. If you compliment someone for the intelligence and insights they've shared with you, you will encourage a relationship of mutual trust and respect. This is such a powerful tool it may amaze you.

Power Tool 4. Provide Support
The ultimate emotional support tool is "empathy." Empathy is a foundation of power communication and simply involves seeing from another person's perspective, regardless of your own opinion or belief.

Is this easy? Nope! But genuine feelings of empathy cement strong bonds of trust. Let people know that you respect them as a person. Offer understanding and encouragement in times of difficulty, and you will build even stronger bonds of trust.

Power Tool 5. Be Authenticity
Acting authentically with others basically involves acting with integrity. At its core, authenticity is simply acting in keeping with your own values. It means being truly honest with both yourself and others.

In a power relationship authenticity is based on being yourself, and avoiding acts that create false appearances. You know how easy it is to spot someone that is putting on an act - we all have this intuitive capability. Being authentic creates deep levels of mutual trust and true respect.

Power Tool 6. Acknowledge Generously
Look for and acknowledge other people's positive qualities. Appreciating their strengths and contributions builds strong bonds of trust.

And remember to acknowledge your most important relationship - the relationship with yourself. Recognize your own qualities, and put them into action. You cannot form a strong relationship with others unless you have first done so with yourself! All relationships radiate out from our relationship to our self.

Power Tool 7. Take Action
Build a power relationship with your own self, and you will easily do so with others. Ask yourself: What thoughts and behaviors will attract the kind of relationships I desire? What one action can I take today to empower my current relationships?

Dr. Jill Ammon-Wexler is a former consultant to the Pentagon and a Presidential Commission, and a personal advisor to success seekers around the world. Her "Take Charge" ecourse is being used by thousands of people in 119 countries around the world. For more information=>
http://www.quantum-self.com/smash_your_limits.htm

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Free Website Critiques

Most Saturday mornings, I get together on the
phone with a group of enthusiastic marketers
for a little networking and brainstorming.

We usually begin by critiquing 2-3 websites.
Everyone is welcome to give feedback. (I send out
an email earlier each week with the sites "on tap"
for that week.)

Then we open the call up to questions and answers
or discussion. I try to keep the calls to 90
minutes or less, so how much Q&A we fit in
depends upon how long the critiques took.

Still, many people have emailed in and said that
the critiques were a marketing lesson in them
selves.

We record the calls and I use the recordings inside
my private membership site at
TheRealSecrets.com

To register for the calls, get all of the details...
including learning how to get your site critiqued,
check out
http://williecrawford.com/free-brainstorming-calls.html

I'd love to have you join us on these free calls. It's
a great way to actually "meet" some of your fellow online
marketers.

Willie

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4 Tricks For Lightning Fast Indexing

Here's a great article by my friend Anik...

4 Tricks For Lightning Fast Indexing
By Anik Singal

The biggest problem that most are running into seems to do with getting INTO the search engines. Rankings aside, you need to first get them to index you. Here are the four main ways to assure yourself fast indexing:

Indexing Tip #1:
Never launch a new site with a lot of back links. Build natural links over weeks and months.

Let's face it, there is no guaranteed method of getting indexed by Google fast, and buying links from high-ranking sites does not guarantees anything either.

The most immediate red flag you should watch out for is your number of incoming links. According to Google, it takes time to get link popularity and sites should not have more than 100 incoming links.

It's okay to launch with a quality link or two. But beyond that, you are pushing it!

Here is the scoop! It takes 30-45 days for Google to deep index new sites. Instead of sitting around during sandbox time, use that period to build a strong set of natural back-links with a variety of sites.

Indexing Tip #2:
Register your domain name at least four months before you plan to launch the site.

No I am not kidding! Whether you agree with it or not, history shows that Google takes older URLs far more seriously than newer ones. So register your domain name as soon as you plan on developing a site.

Indexing Tip #3:
Blog and ping carefully.

Blogging & pinging is one of the fastest ways to get into the Yahoo index - it can literally get you into Yahoo overnight - helps with MSN as well.

Will blogging and pinging help get you into Google? Maybe. But over-pinging can set off red flags on the ping servers, and if you're using automated blogging software, overdoing it can cause Blogger.com and other services to shut down your blog.

Blogging and pinging intelligently can get your blog indexed in Yahoo quickly, but ping carefully.

Does Yahoo de-index junk blogs? Absolutely. Especially since the creation of all this software, the search engines are watching closely for red flags (use software wisely).

So what can you do about Yahoo Search? Not much You can be smart about blogging and pinging or even better, you can create real (not by software) blogs. You still have to be careful with pinging though.

In the end, blogging and pinging should be part of every beginner's indexing strategy.

Indexing Tip #4:
If you build bulk directory/portal sites - keep them in the 200-300 page range.

We know it's such a blast to build those monster 1000-5000 page sites, even with growing evidence of Google bots' tendencies to stall after indexing the first 200 pages or so

So if you're into blasting out those gigantic directories and sick of waiting months for them to get indexed, experiment with building smaller sites around more targeted niches.

In a nutshell: Divide those mega-keyword lists, spend a little time grouping your sub-lists, and build smaller sites.

All in all, the best way to get indexed, stay indexed and eventually get ranked is to recruit incoming link partners. See, blogging and pinging could be gone tomorrow. But, linking is an integral part of how the internet works - it will never go away.

Concentrate on building sites and recruiting links - the links get you indexed, ranked and even bring you free traffic from those who click the links!

Anik Singal is a 21 year old successful internet marketer who has developed his own affiliate marketing system which helped him earn over $10,466 in just 60 days.

Join his FREE Course at:

http://www.AffiliateClassroom.com

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July 28, 2005

Create Your Own Online Marketing "TV" Station

Here's a great article written by Jim Edwards...

Create Your Own Online Marketing "TV" Station

- by Jim Edwards

It will happen!

TV and the Internet will eventually merge into one giant
multi-media "melting pot" that includes everything from live
footage and old reruns to garage videos posted by your next
door neighbor’s kid.

Just like cable TV fractured network TV, the Internet will
enable everyone with a voice, a video camera, and something
to say to fracture cable TV even more.

But the real TV revolution on the Internet will only happen
when marketers stop trying to copy TV, with its commercials
and outdated modes of revenue generation, and start copying
the "pay-per-view" and "infomercial" models.

One company at www.TVexe.com has started offering television
broadcasts from around the world via Internet streaming.

The free software (with optional one-time $25 upgrade)
allows you to stream TV feeds from around the world to your
desktop through a broadband connection.

The picture rates a "C+" on the quality side, but, just like
Internet telephony 6 years ago, you can expect the quality
to improve quickly.

If they can keep costs down long enough to figure out how to
make money, this company will likely succeed because they
provide programming that’s virtually impossible to get
anywhere else.

But, for the rest of us "mortals" who want to stream our
images, video, and audio across the Web, trying to provide
"live TV" broadcasts spells the kiss of death in both time
and money.

For the vast majority of companies doing business online, it
will prove virtually impossible to get a meaningful number
of people to show up to a website at "8:00 P.M. Eastern" for
tonight’s live "TV" broadcast.

But what will work online is adopting the "pay-per-view"
model found in hotels where you watch the program you want,
when you want. Offering website visitors video content they
can download, start, stop, play, pause, and view on their
own schedule holds the key to online "TV" success.

I hate to make this overly simplistic, but bottom line: an
effective online "TV Station" only needs a basic website and
the ability to allow "viewers" to download or stream video
files.

All of us get two basic options when it comes to creating
content to deliver from our "TV Station" website.

First, you can do "screen capture" video, which combines
video of the action taking place on your computer screen
with your voice as narration, to create excellent
instructional content.

You then allow viewers to download this "TV program" from
your website either free or for a free.

Two programs enable you to do this quickly and easily:
"Screen Cam Generator" from http://www.ScreenCamSoftware.com
and "Camtasia" from http://www.TechSmith.com.

Your second option involves using full-motion video, either
from a web-cam or a camcorder.

The content most easily gets published online either as a
WMV file (Windows Media Video) played with Microsoft’s Media
Player, or FLV file (Flash Video) played with the free Flash
"plug-in" found in most Web browsers.

Regardless of which option you choose, remember: unlike
traditional TV, successful models of "TV-style" content
online will empower the viewer to watch when and where they
choose.

--
Jim Edwards is a syndicated newspaper columnist and the
creator of an amazing course that will teach you step-by-
step and click-by-click how to finally create your own
money-making mini-sites...

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Willie

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Clever Use Of An Internet Marketing Blog - Look And Learn

Yanik Silver is a Dan Kennedy/Jay Abraham-trained copywriter.
He's also a master marketer!

Take a minute to check out Yaniks blog. Just listening to some of the video clips will teach you a thing or two but also study how he uses this blog as a marketing tool.

Feel free to tell Yanik that I sent you. Click here to pay him a visit!
Willie

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July 27, 2005

Free Jay Abraham Seminar But You Need To Register Now

I just emailed my subscribers an announcement of a free 2 teleseminar that Jay Abraham is putting on on August 4th. It's going to be well worth making time in your schedule to attend if you're serious about learning to market better.

Jay Abraham

I was on the phone with Jay for 90 minutes... talking about this call amoung other things.

I don't want to spend too much of time trying to convince you to check this out. The call is going to fill up fast, so I just encourage you to go register now. The call is FREE. Register by clicking here.

Willie

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Speed Up Windows XP Considerably - Watch The Video!

Another product I've tested and fallen in love with...

You are about to learn the secrets to making Windows XP run faster, better, safer, and longer!

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Normally computer speed has been gotten by making one or two changes to your computer. The most popular is simply adding more memory or getting a bigger hard drive which of course works. But it doesn't solve the problem.........

What is slowing down your computer?

Computer speed has five specific parts to it. When you address only one or two of these parts you don't get the kind of speed that you really want.

The parts to computer speed are:

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$100K+ Per Year: How To Make A Six-Figure Income Online - Your Blueprint For Success

I just finished reading a short, 21-page report by
my buddy Jimmy D. Brown. It's called "$100K+ Per Year:
How to Make A Six-Figure Income Online - Your Blueprint
For Success."
In those 21 pages Jimmy lays out the truth about why
95% of people aren't make money better than anything I've
read. He explains the crux of the problem and how to
get off that highway to nowhere!

Grab a copy of this free ebook from here. Read it,
it's only 21 pages like I said. If you don't find
yourself sitting there nodding your head on the very
first page of the free ebook... and if it doesn't
open your eyes to how to actually make money online,
just let me know and I'll buy you a steak dinner the
next time we're in the same town.

I travel a lot, so I am likely to be in the same town
as you :-) Actually, if you read and apply what Jimmy
teaches, you'll probably want to buy ME a steak dinner!

Grab a copy here now... in PDF.

Willie

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Latest Issue Of My Ezine - Lots of Good Stuff

Here's the latest issue of my ezine for your reading
enjoyment. There is some GOOD stuff in here!

July 27th, 2005 ISSN: 1525-8459

Publisher: Willie Crawford - willie@williecrawford.com
2345 Whispering Pines Blvd, Navarre, Florida 32566
Phone 850-939-5794

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Contents:

Editorial - Things You Don't Want To Miss

Feature Article:
Can YOU Really Make Money From Blogging
by Willie Crawford

Willie's Seminar/Speaking Schedule

Guest Article:
The Time ThievesbyDr. Donald E. Wetmore

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JUST DOING THIS, YOU COULD DOUBLE YOUR INCOME

You may not know this- but the top online copywriters
make well in excess of $100,000 a year-just from writing
for the Internet!

Others who are adept at writing for the Internet have
launched their own online businesses - selling their OWN
products - with Web copy they wrote themselves. (That's
what my friend Carl Galletti did for example.)

And they're making sales of $1,000 to $5,000 in a
day - $25,000 in a weekend - and in some cases, considerably
more.

When you have mastered online copywriting, you can
literally * double * your freelance writing income
getting twice as many assignments, at great pay, from
almost every client.

To begin MASTERING online copywriting don't miss
Yanik Silver's Comprehensive Home Study Course at
==>>> http://www.ultimateonlinecopymanual.com

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Editorial:

Today's issue is out a day early for a reason. I'm testing
again :-)

Testing is the key to your online success. You never know
what works best until you TEST. So I do a lot of it. You
should too... always try to beat your "control."

I discuss a lot of my testing and even reveal some of the
results on my blog ;-)

This has been a busy week, and I have a lot to tell you
about. I've also posted this issue on my blog, so if you
prefer to read it online, you can. I also post a lot of
NEWS that I can't fit into this ezine on my blog. You'll
find my blog at: http://WillieCrawford.com/blog/

Here are a few things that I don't want you to miss - I
suggest you just run down this short list.

1) Go check out Yanik Silver's "Underground Seminar"
DVD set. I wasn't able to make this seminar because of
a family emergency. I snapped up the DVDs as soon as Yanik
made them available. I won't hype them up... I'll just
tell you that there are only a couple hundred sets
available and that I honestly believe that they will help
ANYONE operating an online business.

Go check out Yanik Silver's Underground DVDs at:
http://www.undergroundonlinesecrets.com/investigator/

2) Over on my blog, you'll see that I've met a LOT of
famous people lately. Yanik actually had Dan Kennedy
as an attendee at his seminar. I missed my chance to
pick Dan's brain over dinner... for free. That's the
best part of seminar to me. You get to corner people
at the dinner table and ask them literally ANYTHING
that you want :-)

Here's another way to get some free advice though...
actually two ways. First, sign up for a free 2-hour
teleseminar that Jay Abraham is offering on August 4th.
You can sign up here:
http://WillieCrawford.com/jay-abraham-4august05.html

If you don't know who Jay Abraham is, you should. Just
check out the site and you'll see why.

If you do know who Jay Abraham is, here's how to get
some of the best free training I've ever been through.
Jay has an affiliate program for his private coaching
club. It pays VERY well... and it's residual income.

Jay also holds regular training calls for his affiliates.
I was on one of these calls Monday night... the 26th.
On the call, Jay layed out his complete strategy for
promoting his coaching club. He revealed his master
plan to his affiliates. This plan is based upon Jay's
decades of proven marketing experience that has
generated literally BILLIONS!

At the end of the training calls, Jay opens the lines
up for questions. There were only 5 or 6 questions
on Monday's call. I think most of the affiliates were
in awe of Jay. I asked a question though! I'd never
miss a chance to pick such a brilliant mind. Since
the call was recorded, I now even have a snippet of
Jay and I talking... although I don't really have
permission to use that anywhere :-)

Jay's affiliate program actually still has a few
openings. You have to fill out a fairly lengthy
application. It's pretty thought provoking. Then you
are notified if you are accepted. The application
is an education in itself. I recommend that you
apply if you have any type of marketing list or a
busy website. Just the training you'll get is worth
it. Go apply now at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/jays-affiliate-program.html

You need to scroll down to the bottom of the page
above. The link to the affiliate program is at
the very bottom.

3) Finally, I wanted to confirm that we WILL have our free
weekly networking and brainstorming call this week. On
these calls we critique 3 websites, and then discuss timely
marketing issues.

Register for the call and then follow the details
in the autoresponder confirmation that you get to submit
YOUR website for a free review. Register by sending a blank
email to: willie3-56875@autocontactor.com

You can also register by filling in the form here:
http://WillieCrawford.com/free-brainstorming-calls.html

The call will be from 11 am - 12:30 pm, CST.

*** Regulars on the call, please note that the call-in
number HAS changed. It will be in your update email.

That's it for this week. This week we have 2 very
useful feature articles that I know you'll enjoy and
benefit from :-)

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Feature Article:

Can YOU Really Make Money From Blogging
Copyright 2005 by Willie Crawford

One of the questions I see frequently asked on
online discussion forums is, "Can You Really Make Money
From Blogging?" People want to know if there's some
way to profit from the time they spend maintaining
their weblogs or personal online journals.

My answer is an emphatic "YES," because I do it...
everyday!

Today I'll share with you how I do it.

Let me begin by saying that I don't make thousands per
month from MOST of my blogs. However, I do have many
making hundreds. Since I don't put in a lot of time
maintaining them, and I enjoy blogging, I consider the
money a bonus. I blog while sitting in my yard with my
laptop (on a wireless connection)... watching the clouds
roll by.

Another bonus I get from blogging is that it helps
my regular websites that are set up as my "money machines."

The search engines visit my blogs more often than they
visit my regular sites, and they follow the links from
my blogs pointing to other sites. Some of these links
point to my sites, and some point to sites of partners.
This does help the search engine rankings of these sites
MASSIVELY.

How Do I Monetize My Blogs?

I monetize my blogs by creating blogs on topics people
are searching for... and that they are spending money on.
I know which niches are hot to an extent based upon what
my research proves pay-per-click advertisers are willing
to spend their advertising dollars on.

I run Google AdSense ads on my blogs. I simply insert
these ads in my menu bar and other strategic places on
the webpage. I also experiment with other paid advertising
on my blogs.

I sell affiliate products from my blogs. I simply find
affiliate products at places like PayDotCom.com and
Commission Junction. I incorporate these into my blogs.
I do things like product reviews, how-to articles, etc.
You can also locate suitable affiliate products by typing
your target keywords + "affiliate program" at any major
search engine. This should point out numerous websites
with suitable affiliate programs to you.

How Do I Setup/Host My Blogs?

I have blog hosted on some of my own domains using Moveable
Type. This is just one of many great pieces of blogging
software. You have other choices... my programmer
recommended this one to me.

I also have blogs hosted for free on Blogger.com. I have
them on Blogger.com because they are incredibly easy to
set up and maintain. A secondary reason I have them on
Blogger.com is that Google OWNS Blogger.com and they
index webpages hosted on their servers OFTEN and FAST!

The secret to getting Google and Yahoo! to visit your
blogs often is a technique called "blogging and pinging."
It's a method of notifying all of the major search engines,
and blog directories, each time that you update your blog.
The search engines come to take a look and they follow
links from your blog to spider other blogs/sites. It's
very powerful.

I won't go into too much details on blogging and pinging
here. If you want more information on that topic I invite
you to drop by my free, Internet marketing discussion
board and ask any and all questions! It's at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/cgi-bin/index.cgi

Examples Of Profitable Blogs?

I know, you want to see examples of profitable blogs :-)

To show you how simple it can be I'll show you just ONE.
It’s less than 2 months old :-)

The problem is that as soon as I show a site to anyone as
an example, it's instantly ripped off. So, I'm going to
"sacrifice" one making me about $60 per day from
affiliate product sales and about $20 per day in AdSense
revenue. That site is at:
http://cure-nail-fungus.blogspot.com

The above site currently ranks #6 on Yahoo for the
term "cure nail fungus." It's a small niche but one
that makes me $2400 per month... just from that one blog.

If you searched on the same term at Google, this site
is not very highly ranked. However, THIS page is #4:
http://www.chitterlings.com/no-more-nail-fungus.html

That happens to be one of my pages too :-) I won't tell
you what ALL I'm up to on that page... that's another
article. The technique involves using your own domains
to promote affiliate products rather than advertising
someone else's domain... so it improves your link popularity.

I'm not going to show more of my blogs because that just
invites competition. Instead, I'm going to answer another
question you have to be wondering...

"How do I find time to maintain all of these blogs, even if
they are profitable?"

Well, first of all, I don't really need a lot like the
"sacrificial lamb" that I showed you above to keep me
satisfied.

I do have a number of secret weapons though. One is called
AutoBlogger. You can check it out at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/auto-blogger.html

What AutoBlogger does is allow me to queue up a number of
posts for my various blogs in advance. It lets you queue
up "articles" which can really be anything you want. Then
you tell the software at what frequency to make a post.

My AutoBlogger account allows me to automatically post to
an UNLIMITED number of blogs.

WARNING: A program like AutoBlogger can get you in
trouble if you misuse it! If you use it to spam or abuse
the search engines, it's just going to get you banned.
If you use it to abuse the blog hosts, they're just going
to delete your blogs.

Here's how I use AutoBlogger:

I have sites where I discuss Internet marketing... as just
one example. On these sites I share many of my articles
and tidbits. I simply queue up these articles/tidbits to post
at a given frequency. This frequency can be a set number of
hours, days, weeks, or months. So theoretically, I can
set up a blog, pre-schedule 50 posts, and not touch it in
months, while it is automatically posted to for the next 50
intervals.

AutoBlogger even lets you set it to start rotating
through the posts again when they run out, if you want
to. I personally wouldn't do this since you'd just be
posting duplicate content.

AutoBlogger allows you to insert RSS feeds right into
your blog posts. So in addition to posting articles
you can also auto-update by adding new RSS feeds at
a set interval. Since I HATE sending my traffic to other
sites (without reciprocation), these RSS feeds generally
pull from MY sites. That way, my traffic is only sent
to my other sites.

If you don't even feel like queuing up a lot of posts,
you can go to a site like Elance.com and hire someone else
to do it for you... or just hired your kids to do it for you.
It can be as easy as you want to make it.

OK, I've just proven to you that you can make money
off of blogs. In-fact, you can make more money than
many people make off of their REGULAR websites. It
just takes a little thinking outside the box!

It also takes not being too greedy. What I just showed
you works for me because I'm not doing anything that's
likely to get me banned from the search engines,
Google AdSense, Blogger.com, or any affiliate program.
It's only when you get carried away, and do things that
harm the search engines that you "shoot yourself in
the foot."

Set up blogs providing useful content. Make regular
posts to these blogs but not in a manner that seems
unnatural. By that, I mean don't auto-post twenty
times in an hour, or post every hour for a month! No
human can possible post to a blog at these rates for
long, so the search engines detect something is "wrong."
They don't generally prohibit you from using tools to
make your job easier... just don't get carried away!

There are actually, thousands of people earning a
living doing things similar to what I just shared... but
with little twists. I'm meeting up with many of them
in New Orleans in September. You're invited to join
us. We'll basically be sharing how we make a fortune
off of niche websites and programs such as Google
AdSense. You can register today at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/meet-in-new-orleans.html

------------------------

Willie Crawford has taught PROVEN Internet marketing
techniques to thousands of successful Internet
entrepreneurs since late-1996. Grab a free copy of
his comprehensive, 20-Lesson Internet Marketing Success
Course now at: http://WillieCrawford.com

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Willie's Seminar And Tele-seminar Schedule:

I'll be participating in the following events over the next
few months:

August 26th - 27th - Rhea's Entrepreneurial Day, Phoenix, Arizona.
Rhea is a home-schooling mom, who believes that teaching your
childen to be entrepreneurs is an important part of their education.
This seminar is for both adults and their entrepreneurial
children. She'll have not only Internet marketing experts, but
experts in various forms of investments and other types of
business.

Get full details and register at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/rheas-days-phoenix.html

September 9th - 11th,I'll be at Jack Humphrey's "First Annual
Internet Publisher's Madi Gras." The focus of this seminar will
be on building profitable niche sites and squeezing a minimum
of $10,000 per month out of Google AdSense. Jack has an amazing
array of "underground" speakers. Check it out at:
http://WillieCrawford.com/new-orleans-seminar.html

I'll also be in London, England at Frank Garon's seminar, September
17th - 18th. This seminar is going to be very hands-on. We will
only have FOUR speakers during the entire 2 days, so the focus
will be on YOU the attendee. It will be a "roll up your sleeves
and get you online business problems solved" seminar! You can
register now at: http://WillieCrawford.com/willie-in-london.html

I'll be in Manhattan at Kamau Austin's "Selling Online In Record
Time" Seminar, October 27th - 28th. We're still working the copy of
this website too. You can also find detail on this seminar soon at:
http://InternetMarketingSeminarSchedule.com

I'd love to meet you at any of these events! As you can see from
my blog, these events are great photo opportunities. Lots of BIG
partnerships are also set-up at these events (during after-hours).

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Guest Article:

The Time Thieves

By: Dr. Donald E. Wetmore

You have 24 hours in every day, seven days a week for a total of 168
hours to accomplish what needs to be done in your life. And every day,
eleven time thieves gang up on you and work to take some of that
precious time away from productive use. Let me introduce you to this
inconsiderate troupe.

1.. Poor planning. People don't plan to fail but a lot of people fail
to plan. Without a plan of action set up before your day begins you are
likely to get caught up in "stuff", responding the loudest voice that
gets your time and attention. Will you have been productive for the day?
Sure, but not as productive as you might have been.

2.. Crisis management. When a deadline sneaks up on you it robs you of
all choice and you are controlled by the clock. Crisis management, for
the most part, is poor time management because you're rushed and
stressed, letting things slip through the cracks and often having to go
back and redo what was not done well in the first place. Most of what
puts you into crisis management is within your control, you could have
seen it coming.

3.. Procrastination. All the planning in the world does not substitute
for the doing. Many find that they just can't get going on the things
that will make a big difference in their success. They have "permanent
potential". First thing in your day, get going on the most difficult
tasks and get them out of the way.

4.. Interruptions. Unanticipated events coming your way, in person or
electronically, can steal your time away. Many interruptions are
necessary and part of what you get paid for. However, most are
unnecessary thieves of your time. Be less willing to automatically give
away your time just because they demand it. Rather, determine whether or
not they deserve it.

5.. Not delegating. "If you want a job done well you better do it
yourself." What a thief! Look at everything you have to do and ask, "Is
this the best use of my time?" If it is, do it. If not, delegate it.
There's a world of difference between "I do it" and "It gets done."
Leverage your time through others and don't allow the things that can be
delegated to steal your time.

6.. Unnecessary meetings. If two or more people get together and
nothing productive comes of the time spent together, that meeting was
unnecessary and, sadly, most meetings are time thieves. Before meeting
ask, "Is it really necessary?" If it is, then meet but take action as a
result of the meeting and not let it be a time bandit.

7.. The "shuffling blues". Many people manage their time through
piles. Piles of appear on their desk. Piles of "to be read" emails on
their computer and lots of "to be heard" voicemails stored away. The
piles require frequent review creating the shuffling blues which
surrenders valuable time. Keep a clean work environment. When
encountering something new, schedule it to your day planner under the
day you plan to tackle it and then put it away so you are out of the
shuffling blues.

8.. Poor physical setup. Not having the things you need the most often
within arm's reach and having a lot of the things you rarely need close
by causes you to waste a lot of time wearing out the carpet retrieving
what you frequently need. And of course, as you pass others they will
often pull you aside to steal some of your time. Have the most needed
stuff near by, within arm's reach and save that stolen time.

9.. Poor networking. Quality relationships with others can be a huge
time saver as they open doors for you with all kinds of opportunities.
Failing to develop a good network base will cause you to waste time
creating what you might have had through your network. Be a good
networker. Help them whenever possible. You want a friend? You have to
be a friend.

10.. Bad attitude. Nothing sinks a day more effectively than having a
poor attitude. It causes you to dwell on the problems and not the
solutions and makes it possible to throw the day away. When you are
burdening others with your problems and complaints you are stealing your
time and theirs. And the truth is that when you complain to others, 85%
of them really don't care and the other 15% are actually glad it's
happening to you.

11.. Negative people. Some people are the life of the party and some
people are the death of the party. The problem with having negative
people around you is you wind up spending a lot of your time listening
to their complaints rather than focusing on your success.

Arrest each of these time thieves. Sentence them to solitary confinement
and re-claim your productive time. You deserve it.

Want help eliminating the time thieves from your day? You can easily get
more of the important things done, in less time, with less stress.
Invite Don to conduct his dynamic Time Management Seminar at your
location, from one hour up to three full days, for groups of any size.
For details, email your request now for "in house" to:
ctsem@msn.com

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Limitless Marketing Ezine Published by:

Willie Crawford Inc.
2345 Whispering Pines Blvd.
Navarre, Florida 32566
Phone 850-939-5794

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July 26, 2005

A Little AdSense Testing

I've told you about Joel Comm's ebook before...

What Google Never Told You About Making Money with AdSense!
I just finished going through it once again. Actually,I went
through the NEW Expanded 2nd Edition :-)

The one thing I picked up from every reading is that you need to
test everything. I do test constantly and even share my
results with frequent site visitors... a good reason to
visit often.

One of the things discussed a lot this week in AdSense circles is
adding images above your AdSense. You do this by inserting your
Adsense in a table with AdSense on one row and images on another.
For example if you go over the InternetMarketingSeminarSchedule.com
you will see me testing this.

At first I tested adding 4 images above the 4 ads displayed across
the top of many of my pages. I did this by setting up a table
with 4 columns and 2 rows. The top row has images and the bottom
row has the AdSense code. Just adding images of seminar speaker,
increased my clickthru rate to something ASTRONOMINAL! I won't
say to what percent :-)

A few people I discussed this with, and members of a discussion
forum I moderate, pointed out that some of the ads referrred to
scams, etc.... and the maybe it could be implied that the ads
were referring to the speakers.

To get around that problem, I added a third row in which I
inserted a disclaimer saying that the ads weren't related
to the photos. I was testing how much this would affect click
thru rates. I suspected that people were so accustomed to
seeing disclaimers that it would be ignored, and so my clickthru
rates wouldn't be affected that much. I was WRONG!

My clickthru rate plummeted when I added the disclaimer.

To twist it up a little, I hyperlinked the images to seminars
that the featured speaker was speaking at. Then I introduced
the curiosity factor by asking the visitor which of the speakers
they know. My hope was that they'd click on the images to
verify the identity of each person. This has been a big success!
People are clicking through to the various seminar sites :-)

On others sites where I'm testing using images above the ads
my clickthrough rates are as much as 5 times higher today than
before adding the images. Some people have reported as much
as a 700% increase!

I recommend testing, and seeing what works best for you. Be
careful not to violate Google's Terms of Service. It does little
good to get a great clickthru rate only to have your account
terminated.

So you have your homework... do some more testing.... and get
a copy of Joel's book if you don't have it. It's a good reference
and he points out a lot of sites where AdSense is generating
a lot of revenue. I've studied all of those sites and learned
from them.

Willie

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Can YOU Really Make Money From Blogging? YES - Here's How!

My answer is an emphatic "YES," because I do it...
everyday!

Today I'll share with you how I do it.

Another bonus I get from blogging is that it helps
my regular websites that are set up as my "money machines."

How Do I Monetize My Blogs?

I run Google AdSense ads on my blogs. I simply insert
these ads in my menu bar and other strategic places on
the webpage. I also experiment with other paid advertising
on my blogs.

How Do I Setup/Host My Blogs?

I have blog hosted on some of my own domains using Moveable
Type. This is just one of many great pieces of blogging
software. You have other choices... my programmer
recommended this one to me.

Examples Of Profitable Blogs?

I know, you want to see examples of profitable blogs :-)

To show you how simple it can be I'll show you just ONE.
It’s less than 2 months old :-)

The problem is that as soon as I show a site to anyone as
an example, it's instantly ripped off. So, I'm going to
"sacrifice" one making me about $60 per day from
affiliate product sales and about $20 per day in AdSense
revenue. That site is at:

http://cure-nail-fungus.blogspot.com

The above site currently ranks Number 6 on Yahoo for the
term "cure nail fungus." It's a small niche but one
that makes me $2400 per month... just from that one blog.

If you searched on the same term at Google, this site
is not very highly ranked. However, THIS page is Number4:

http://www.chitterlings.com/no-more-nail-fungus.html

That happens to be one of my pages too :-) I won't tell
you what ALL I'm up to on that page... that's another
article. The technique involves using your own domains
to promote affiliate products rather than advertising
someone else's domain... so it improves your link popularity.

I'm not going to show more of my blogs because that just
invites competition. Instead, I'm going to answer another
question you have to be wondering...

"How do I find time to maintain all of these blogs, even if
they are profitable?"

Well, first of all, I don't really need a lot like the
"sacrificial lamb" that I showed you above to keep me
satisfied.

I do have a number of secret weapons though. One is called
AutoBlogger. You can check it out at:

http://WillieCrawford.com/auto-blogger.html

My AutoBlogger account allows me to automatically post to
an UNLIMITED number of blogs.

Here's how I use AutoBlogger:

AutoBlogger even lets you set it to start rotating
through the posts again when they run out, if you want
to. I personally wouldn't do this since you'd just be
posting duplicate content.

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Recommended Ezine - Ted Nicholas'

One of the few ezines I actually make time to read as soon as it
comes in is Ted Nicholas' The Success Margin."

Here's the first few paragraphs from the article in his most
recent issue:

Perhaps the best-known secret of the world's
most successful Internet marketers is this.

Applying the hard-won lessons learned in
building successful marketing campaigns offline
to the online marketing arena is the reason for
the really big successes.

While, of course, everything offline does not
apply exactly to online marketing, the major
principles do.

As attractive as marketing on the Internet can be,
I submit it's a big mistake to limit yourself to any
advertising medium, online or offline. Ideally,
you use a combination of both.

Today I'm going to discuss offline space
advertising.

It's a great and profitable skill to actually sell
products and services right off the page in
magazines and newspapers.

Ted's copywriting is responsible for BILLIONS of dollars
in sales, and I think most of my site visitors who are
online marketers can learn from him.

I recommend subscribing to Ted's free ezine.

To start receiving your own copy of The Success
Margin, visit:
http://clicks.aweber.com/z/ct/?skI5qIiwB5EdYa7gSb2Lxg

Willie

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Get Your Hands On Yanik Silvers Underground Videos - Today Only?

My friend Yanik Silver put on an Underground Seminar that I really wanted to attend. He had people there, literally making MILLIONS of dollars per year, and they were not selling your typical "Internet marketing" and "how to make money" stuff.

However, my younger brother died just before the seminar and so I
couldn't make it. Later, I did move mountains to get my hands on the recordings from the seminar!

Now, Yanik is making a limited number of copies available to the world. It's 750 copies to be exact.

Yanik, pictured here, gave me permission to tell you about this.

Knowing what I know... I don't expect these 750 copies to last more than a day or two. I sent an email to my list a few minutes ago because I really don't want them to miss out.

I don't want YOU to miss out either.

Here's the email I sent out in case you missed it and just because you're savvy enough to check out my blog :-)

Let me get right to the point with no warm up
because this announcement is big...really BIG!

If you’re like me, I’ve had it with people simply rehashing the
same information from the exact same sources. Frankly, I'd much
rather hear it straight from people really raking it in online
each and every day. And that's why this is so exciting…

I don't know how my friend Yanik Silver managed to do
this - but last April he brought together a group of
elusive and secretive real-world success stories
to share exactly what they are doing on the Internet….

Appropriately enough he called the event his “Underground Online
Marketing Seminar”. However since it completely SOLD-OUT 5 weeks
early there’s more than a fair chance you weren’t there and
really missed out. But I’ve got good news for you because Yanik
recorded the event.

http://www.undergroundonlinesecrets.com/investigator/

I signed up for the event but then had to miss it because of
a death in the family. I did what it took to get my hands
on a copy of the recordings... and just the information I picked
up there will certainly make me HALF A MILLION DOLLARS in the
coming year! The key though, is that I'll use what I learned.

What really made this event different is the fact NONE of the
presenters were “gurus”. In fact, they weren’t the same usual
suspects you see at other Internet seminars.

But here’s a big warning – you can’t wait! Yanik is only selling
750 individually numbered sets of the DVDs/CDs. And right now
there less than 422 left. This is not some marketing ploy – once
they’re gone – that’s it.

Because of the sensitive and exclusive nature of this information
- Yanik is only making 750 individually numbered sets of the
videos and audios available. That’s it. And because of the
limited quantity me (and the other partners) have only been
allocated 35 sets for all my customers and subscribers. That
means the race is on.

That’s why, I strongly suggest you hurry if you don’t want to be
left out!

http://www.undergroundonlinesecrets.com/investigator/

Sincerely,

Willie Crawford

P.S. If you want a little sneak preview of what was shared – you
can view real clips from the LIVE event right here too:

http://www.undergroundonlinesecrets.com/investigator/

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July 25, 2005

John Carlton's Internet Strategies... Operation Money Suck!

A few weeks ago I was at a seminar in Miami sponsored by Gary Halbert and Mark Joyner. The other featured speakers were Michel Fortin and John Carlton.

This is John

John has been writing copy FOREVER and is who many modern copywriters learned from. When I listened to him talk about "the hook" and how to "grab readers by the eyeball and pull them in" I knew I could learn a lot from him.

John also talked a lot about "Operation Money Suck!" That also had a nice ring to it.

Anyway, my friend Stephen Pierce is doing a project with John right now and has a very nice free report that I encourage you to grab. You can grab it here!
You'll see that John REALLY knows his stuff.

The seminar did leave me wondering why copywriters are so quirky though... but don't tell John that I said that. Also, don't tell Gary Halbert that I said he's a nice person :-)

Willie

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2 Places To Automatically Ping Your Blogs

Most old-times know about PingOMatic, for notifying blog directories, etc... that you've updated your blog. Here's another one... a newbie someone just showed me... http://pingoat.com/

Willie

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Wow! 25 Million Unique Visitors!

Check this out:
http://www.undergroundonlinesecrets.com/investigator/

Willie

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He Sells Missile Silo's And Airplanes On Ebay

This is Don Peters.

My friend John Evans wrote about Don in his ebook Success Alert. This is where I first heard about him. He sells big ticket items, like airplanes, on Ebay. On any given day, he probably have several million dollars worth of stuff up for sales on Ebay.

Anyway, Don is speaking at a seminar I'm also speaking at in Phoenix,Arizona in August. You can check it out here. I'm really looking forward to his presentation.

Willie

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What I Learned From Rosalind Gardner

Here's a photo I snapped of some of my genuine heros at Joel Christopher's Double Birthday Bash.

This photo features 3 people I've learned a lot from over the years plus Ted's partner Bethany.

Rosalind Gardner has put the most direct dollars in my pockets. When I read her Super Affiliate Handbook it was a real eye opener. Here was a woman earning nearly half a million dollars a year selling affiliate products and she's telling me exactly how she does it.

OK... one of the biggest tips I picked up and ACTED UPON in her book was that even though affiliate programs have stated commissions, you CAN negotiate that. So I now get a higher than advertised commission for many of the affiliate products that I sell.

Carl Turner use to be Jay Abraham's right hand man before moving to San Antonio to work with Joel Christopher. When I use to call Jay's office for various reasons, it was often to talk to Carl. I learned a lot from him over the years. Now, I actually help to promote some of Jay's programs, and do very well at this :-)

Ted Nicholas is known as the "4 Billion Dollar Man." Over dinner, he offered me several tips about positioning a product that has increased sales over 40% since I implemented his ideas. We also discussed re-naming a product. Here I was at this seminar, getting free advice over dinner that will probably pay me over a million dollars over the next several years. That's why I love seminars.

You can check out some of the upcoming seminars I'll be hanging out at at http://InternetMarketingSeminarSchedule.com

I'd love to meet you there.

Willie

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July 23, 2005

Pays Several Times BETTER Than Google AdSense???

I test a LOT of products, ideas, and promotions. One of the things I DO use on my content sites is Google AdSense. However, I'm currently testing a program called Niche PowerAds. This is proving many times more lucrative than AdSense on many of my niche sites.

Check it out. Instead of earning pennies per click, you earn commissions on the products sold! You get a LOT more control over what's displayed on your site than you do with AdSense too.

Click here to check it out.

Willie

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Free Conference Call With Ebook And Mini-Site Expert Jim Edwards

Have you ever been interested in providing folks
with information digitally and fast?

Well, e-books have become a popular way to
do just that while offering anyone the opportunity
to earn a significant income* from *home.

So how do you learn to do that?

Here's the answer: From those who know how!

One of the experts is columnist Jim Edwards.

Jim is known as the master of mini-sites. He
knows how to take an idea and make it available
to others.

And hes makes a *lot *of *m0ney *doing that.

He's also a syndicated newspaper columnist.
For over three years, his articles have appeared
in newspapers across the country and in hundreds
of ezines and websites across the worldwide Web.

He's an expert on providing folks with information.

And this Tuesday, July 26 at 9 PM Eastern Time,
he'll be Rhea Perry's guest on a conference call as
she interviews him about the secrets of his system.

If you'd like to listen in, just call 1-661-705-2000.

And enter this participant code: 147369

There is no* charge for the call, except your regular
long distance. This will be a call to remember!

For more information, click here ;-)

Willie

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Willie Crawford's Marketing Insights

Tips, techniques and insights pertaining to Internet marketing by Willie Crawford

July 31, 2005

Free Teleseminar - "How To Create An Information Product In Under A Day That Can Make You $100000 Per Year... or More!"

Which Is Better, Building A Large List Or Generating LOTS of Targeted Traffic?

I Love This Page

July 30, 2005

Recent Search Shakeup At Yahoo!

Meet Willie Crawford at Frank Garon's Seminar In London, England, Septmeber 17th - 18th, 2005

Party Like A Rock Star

DON'T Miss This Seminar In New Orleans, I'll Be Looking For YOU There!

Have you had your "Spark" today?

July 29, 2005

A Free Trial Copy Of The IMC Course

Neat Place To Buy And Sell Websites - Or Just Browse The Listings :-)

Would you like to Sell Your Website?

More Cookbook Competition - From Mars??

Build Power Relationships

Free Website Critiques

4 Tricks For Lightning Fast Indexing

July 28, 2005

Create Your Own Online Marketing "TV" Station

Clever Use Of An Internet Marketing Blog - Look And Learn

July 27, 2005

Free Jay Abraham Seminar But You Need To Register Now

Speed Up Windows XP Considerably - Watch The Video!

$100K+ Per Year: How To Make A Six-Figure Income Online - Your Blueprint For Success

Latest Issue Of My Ezine - Lots of Good Stuff

July 26, 2005

A Little AdSense Testing

Can YOU Really Make Money From Blogging? YES - Here's How!

Recommended Ezine - Ted Nicholas'

Get Your Hands On Yanik Silvers Underground Videos - Today Only?

July 25, 2005

John Carlton's Internet Strategies... Operation Money Suck!

2 Places To Automatically Ping Your Blogs

Wow! 25 Million Unique Visitors!

He Sells Missile Silo's And Airplanes On Ebay

What I Learned From Rosalind Gardner

July 23, 2005

Pays Several Times BETTER Than Google AdSense???

Free Conference Call With Ebook And Mini-Site Expert Jim Edwards